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Robert D. Hales

16 speeches between 1975 and 2010, mostly as Quorum of the Twelve. 68,328 words in the transcripts.

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Speeches
16
1975–2010
Words
68,328
in the transcripts
Reading grade
9.5
Flesch–Kincaid, average
Scriptures cited
214
13.4 per speech
Callings
Quorum of the Twelve
also Presiding Bishopric, Seventy
Leadership record
linked
in the leadership database

Speeches by year

19752010

Signature phrases

Words and two-word phrases this speaker uses far more than the rest of the corpus, by weighted log-odds. Stop words, names of deity and the ordinary vocabulary of a sermon are excluded.

  • gifts 91
  • high ground 39
  • temple 136
  • light 150
  • agency 65
  • achilles 17
  • amalickiah 15
  • mortal probation 17
  • companion 46
  • commandments 82
  • lift 38
  • eternal 126

Scriptures cited most

  • Doctrine and Covenants67
  • John19
  • Proverbs13
  • Alma12
  • 2 Nephi10
  • Job10
  • Matthew8
  • Moses6

Callings when speaking

  • Quorum of the Twelve 9
  • Presiding Bishopric 4
  • Seventy 3

As given in the bylines: Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Presiding Bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints · of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Of the Seventy

Every speech

  1. 6 Jul 1975Freedom and Personal LibertyAssistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotional6,456 w5 refs
  2. 9 Nov 1976Celestial Marriage—A Little Heaven on Earthof the Seventy · Devotional5,020 w5 refs
  3. 7 May 1978Principles of SacrificeOf the Seventy · Devotional4,514 w8 refs
  4. 10 Jan 1982“This Is the Way; and There Is None Other Way”Of the Seventy · Devotional7,402 w9 refs
  5. 1 Jun 1986The Prince of Peace: “Peace I Give unto You”Presiding Bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints · Devotional5,369 w21 refs
  6. 17 Jan 1987The Church in the British Isles Symposium: Plenary SessionPresiding Bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints · Devotionalaudio only
  7. 15 Mar 1988Understandings of the HeartPresiding Bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints · Devotional4,271 w23 refs
  8. 1 Aug 1993Gifts of the SpiritPresiding Bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints · Devotional6,059 w14 refs
  9. 5 Jun 1994A Testimony of ProphetsOf the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotional4,078 w11 refs
  10. 3 Nov 1996“That Ye May Be the Children of Light”Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotional6,222 w57 refs
  11. 14 Aug 2003Living Life by AxiomsOf the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Commencement3,302 w15 refs
  12. 15 Nov 2005Temple BlessingsOf the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotional3,360 w11 refs
  13. 27 Apr 2006Go Forth and ServeOf the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Commencement2,564 w6 refs
  14. 19 Aug 2008The Journey of Lifelong Learningof the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotionalaudio only
  15. 1 Mar 2009Seek and Attain the Spiritual High Ground in LifeOf the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotional5,439 w29 refs
  16. 14 Sep 2010Our Essential Spiritual Agencyof the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotional4,249 w0 refs
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